Yes I know this, that is why there are main studs with a girdle, that will help with the cap walk. The motor will also have rocker arm girdles on it too.
Here are some updated pics...
Intake gaskets trimmed and intake perfectly port matched to heads.
(cowl hood in the background for the intake to clear along with the Spec stage 3 clutch and Spec Al flywheel
Still have to cut the 2.5" ball collector off the headers so I can run my true 3" exhaust.
Intake gaskets trimmed and intake perfectly port matched to heads.
(cowl hood in the background for the intake to clear along with the Spec stage 3 clutch and Spec Al flywheel
Still have to cut the 2.5" ball collector off the headers so I can run my true 3" exhaust.
The gears feel like a slam in the ass. So with the stroker along with 4.30 gears the car should FEEL like it has the torque of your car. With that said I am currently building a 410W to replace this motor above.
With the correct camshaft that motor should make 440-450rwhp through a T5. Heck my 347 with AFR 205s/TFS Box intake/N91 camshaft made 425rwhp through a C4 with a 6000rpm converter....based on the trap mph my old motor would have made about 450-460 rwhp with a 5spd.
Keep up the good work sounds like a fun street car!
Keep up the good work sounds like a fun street car!
I do think the motor is going to make about 450rwhp. I'm going to see if I can shift the car at 6,500rpms. The cam is designed for a 7,000rpms shift point though. However I do not think the block will last very long with 450-460rwhp and 7,000rpms. If it last long enough to let me finish building this 410W I will be happy.
Well first it started as going to be a 306....then I looked at the price for a crank and rods and found out I could have a 331 or 347 for $400 more than the 306....then i threw the AFR 165 heads up for sale just for kicks and giggles and someone picked them up fast!
Trust me, if I knew then that it would have turned into this I would be dropping in a 351W now.
Gotcha. I went thru the same process just took me longer to get there.
I started with a stock engine w/ 152k.... Then I just wanted a fresh bottom end and didn't know alot about building these cars yet so I added a cam to my new 306. It sounded great!
It didnt realize much gains tho so I added an intake...really woke it up (street heat)..
The I want the same power as my Z28 but still didn't know much. So I realized you could build these engines out to stock z28 HP with H/C/I...So I did it but didn't realize it would still be missing the looong TQ curve of a bigger engine..
So I added gears..helped . .... But I wanted to surpass my old Z and went to a larger engine..then I learned my likes and dislikes concerning driveability...
I also learnrd about $$$$upporting mods, lol. $$$$ being key lol. My cam now is a bit too radical for me but I am not paying to take it out just yet. This forum has taught me alot. I kinda got interested in your build because it is something differnt. I guess the money has to stop somewhere but you could still keep it long term and do a dart block or something.
I was just over Rick91GT's shop last week and it was amazing the difference in the blocks when he showed my side-by side. Its like...cutting a hole in the side of a trailer and looking at the width (302 block) and then cutting a hole in a pre-civil war home (dart) and looking at the width. Amazing. IIRC I think he said there was a 100# difference.